A copy of a letter from Meredith McIvermade its rounds through social media and news reports, but many skeptics raised questions of whether McIver was even a real person or an fictional scapegoat created to take the heat off Melania.

If she is fake, it definitely wouldn't be the first time Trump created a false identity for his personal benefit.

There are some — including Piers Morgan — who spoke out to defend McIver by offering "proof" that she is indeed real, although someone's digging may have also ousted her as being a registered Democrat who hasn't voted in more than a decade.

According to Mediaite, McIver has also been credited as a co-writer on a few of Trump's books in the past, but again, even that must be taken with a grain of salt considering the real-estate mogul's history of making people up.

Nevertheless, McIver's lazy writing isn't a valid excuse. Someone on Trump's staff should have noticed that the speech sounded familiar.

A copyeditor, a PR person, or even Melania herself had to have read through the speech prior to sharing it with the world, and the fact that no one thought twice about it shows Trump's staff is just as politically ignorant as he is.